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1. Lattice energies of NaCl and MgO


are 776 kJ
mol1 and 3948 kJ mol1 respectively,
although
the interionic distances for the two
compounds
are about the same. Which of the
following
statements explains the big difference
between
the lattice energies of the two
compounds?
A MgO is more stable than NaCl.
B The activation energy of MgO is
higher
than that of NaCl.
C The lattice energies of oxides are
higher
than that of chlorides.
D Magnesium and oxide ions have
higher
charges than sodium and chloride
ions.
2. The energy gap between valence
and conduction
bands for element P is bigger
compared
to element Q. For element R, the
valence band
is the conduction band. What are the
valence
electronic configurations of P, Q and
R?
PQR
A 2s22p2 6s26p2 3s2
B 4s24p2 5s25p2 3s23p1
C 3s23p3 2s22p2 3d64s2
D 3s23p4 3s23p2 3s1
3. The equilibrium constant, Kp, for the
decomposition
of calcium carbonate is 1.6x10 atm
at 298 K and 6.3x10 atm at 500 K.
Which
of the following statements is true of
the
decomposition?
CaCO3(s) __ CaO(s) + CO2(g)
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A The forward reaction is


endothermic.
B Kp depends on the mass of CaCO3
used.
C The rate of the forward reaction
decreases
as temperature increases.
D The activation energy of the forward
reaction increases as temperature
increases.
4. Which of the following has van der
Waals
forces?
A Sulphur C Sodium chloride
B Diamond D Magnesium oxide
5. Which of the following statements
about the
rate constant for a chemical reaction
is true?
A The unit is s1.
B It does not change if a catalyst is
added.
C It remains constant at a constant
temperature.
D It decreases as the concentrations
of the
reactants decrease.
6. The emf of three cells under
standard
conditions are given below.
Zn(s) | Zn2+(aq) Cu2+(aq) | Cu(s) +1.1 V
Pt(s) | H2(g), H+(aq) Cu2+(aq) | Cu(s) +0.34V
Zn(s) | Zn2+(aq) Fe2+(aq) | Fe(s) +0.32V

What is the value of the standard


reduction
potential of Fe2+/Fe?
A 0.02V
C 0.78V
B 0.44V
D 1.12V
E cell = Eo cathode Eo anode
+1.1 V = EoCu2+/Cu E oZn2+/Zn
+1.1 V = +0.34 V Eo Zn2+/Zn
Eo Zn2+/Zn = 0.76 V

7. A manometer is a device for


measuring gas
pressures. A sample of nitrogen gas is
placed
in a close-end manometer at 25C
until there
is an increase of 0.100 g in its mass.
The

diagram below shows the height of


mercury
in the manometer.

D The ionisation energy of hydrogen


can be
calculated from the frequency of the
first
line of the Lyman series
9. The diagram below shows a set-up
of
an electrochemical cell using platinum
electrodes.
The standard reduction potentials of
the halfcells
are shown below.

What is the volume of the nitrogen gas


in the
manometer?
[Relative atomic mass: N=14.0; molar
gas
constant = 8.31 J K1 mol1; 760 mm Hg
=
101 kPa]
A 95 cm3
C 133 cm3
B 111 cm3 D 266 cm3
(600 100) mm Hg
p = 101 000 Pa
760 mm Hg
n = 0.100
28
T = 298 K
pV = nRT
V = nRT = 0.100x 8.31x298x760
p
28
500 x101 000
= 1.33x 10 m3 = 133 cm3
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8. Which of the following statements is


true of
the hydrogen line spectrum?
A The number of lines in each series is
the
same.
B The first line in each series has the
lowest
frequency.
C The lines in a series become closer
when
the frequency decreases.

Electrode system
E
Fe3+(aq) | Fe2+(aq) | Pt +0.77
Sn4+(aq) | Sn2+(aq) | Pt +0.15

----/V

Which of the following statements is


true of
the cell?
A Oxidation happens at X.
B Y is the anode of the cell.
C Electrons flow from X to Y.
D The reaction at Y is Sn4+(aq) + 2e
Sn2+(aq).
10. Which of the following statements
is true of
an azeotropic mixture of a solution
with a
negative deviation from Raoults law?
A It is the distillate in a fractional
distillation.
B It can be separated by fractional
distillation.
C Its vapour and liquid compositions
are the
same.
D Its boiling point is lower than its
pure
components.

11. Propanone and ethyl ethanoate


are organic
liquids which are often used as
solvents. At
30 C, the vapour pressures of
propanone and
ethyl ethanoate are 37.5 kPa and 15.5
kPa
respectively. What is the vapour
pressure of
a solution containing 0.40 mol of
propanone
and 0.20 mol of ethyl ethanoate at 30
C?
A 18 kPa
C 30 kPa
B 23 kPa
D 32 kPa

12. Which of the following solutions


can retain
its pH when a few drops of aqueous
sodium
hydroxide are added?
A Aqueous 2-chloroethanoic acid
B Aqueous aminoethanoic acid
C Aqueous sodium ethanoate
D Aqueous phenol
13. The diagram below shows the

14. Standard combustion enthalpies


for
hydrogen are 1180.0 kJ mol1, 393.7
kJ
mol1 and 285.9 kJ mol1 respectively.
What
is the standard formation enthalpy, in
kJ mol1,
for 1, 2-ethanediol?
A 500.4
C +465.1
B 465.1
D +500.4

15. HIn is an acid-base indicator which


is blue
in the molecular form and yellow in
the
ionic form. The dissociation constant
of this
indicator is 1 104 mol dm3. What is
the
colour of this indicator in a solution
with pH 7?
A Yellow C Blue
B Purple D Green
16. Propanone reacts with bromine in
the
presence of an alkaline catalyst as
follows.
CH3COCH3(aq) + Br2(aq) + OH
BrCH2COCH3(aq) + H2O(l) + Br(aq)

The result of an experiment is shown


by the
graph below.

Which of the following types of unit


cells
represents the lattice structure?
A Monoclinic C Orthorhombic
B Triclinic D Rhombohedral

Which of the following statements is


the
conclusion for the above reaction?
A The reaction is of the third order.

B The rate constant depends on the


concentration
of propanone.
C The rate of reaction decreases as
the
concentration of bromine decreases.
D The rate-determining step does not
depend
on the concentration of bromine.
17. The following graph shows the
variation of a
physical property of Period 3 elements
(sodium
to argon) in the Periodic Table.

What is the physical property?


A Electronegativity
B Electrical conductivity
C First ionisation energy
D Enthalpy of vaporisation
18. The equilibrium reaction between
X and Y
can be represented by the equation
2X(g) + Y(g) __ 2Z(g)
If 1.6 mol of X and 1.0 mol of Y are
placed
in a container of volume 2.0 dm3 and
left to
reach equilibrium at TC, it is found
that the
concentration of Z at equilibrium is
0.45 mol
dm3. What is the value of the
equilibrium
constant Kc for the reaction at T C?
A 0.17 C 2.2
B 0.63 D 6.0

19. The bond angles of a 2hydroxyethanamide


molecule are labelled as a, b, c and d
as follows.
Which of the following is the
arrangement of
bond angles in ascending order?

A a, b, d, c C b, d, c, aB a, d, b, c D d,
b, c, a
20. Which of the following is the most
accurate
definition of transition elements?
A Elements with variable oxidation
states
B Elements with high melting and
boiling
points
C Elements with ability to form
coloured
compounds
D Elements with partially filled d
orbitals at
zero or normal oxidation states
21. Which of the following oxides of
Group 14
elements is the least thermally stable?
A CO2 C SnO2
B SiO2 D PbO2
22 Which of the following is not a
disproportionation
reaction?
A Cl2 + 2NaOH NaOCl

+ NaCl + H2O
B 3Cl2 + 6NaOH NaClO

3 + 5NaCl +
3H2O
C 4HCl + MnO2 Cl
2 + MnCl2 + 2H2O
D 3NaOCl NaClO

3 + 2NaCl

23. Nitrogen dioxide and dinitrogen


tetroxide
exist in equilibrium in gas phase.
Which of
the following statements is true?
A N2O4 molecule has two dative bonds.
B NO2 molecule has one sigma and
one pi
bond.
C The bond angle in NO2 molecule is
120.
D The hybridisation of nitrogen atom
in N2O4
molecule is sp3.
24. Aluminium oxide is suitable to be
used as an
inside coating of high temperature
furnaces.
Aluminium oxide is thermally stable
because
A it is an ionic compound
B it is amphoteric
C the charge density of Al3+ ion is high
D its enthalphy of formation is very
exothermic
25. The carbonate of a Group 2
element (beryllium
to barium) in the Periodic Table,
MCO3, decomposes on heating. Which
of the
following explains why the thermal
stability
of MCO3 increases down Group 2?
A The radius of M2+ ion increases.
B The lattice energy of MCO3
decreases.
C The charge density of M2+ ion
decreases.
D The distance between M2+ and CO3
2 ions increases.
26. The chromium(III) ion forms
several
complexes with different ligands. 5.0
cm3 of
0.1 mol dm3 aqueous solution of
chromium

(III) ion is mixed with different volumes


of
0.1 mol dm3 aqueous solution of
ligand L.
A graph of the relative intensity of the
colour
of the complex formed against the
volume of
ligand L is given below.

Ligand L is
A Cl
C NH3
B EDTA4
D H2NCH2CH2NH2
27. Which of the following statements
is true of
glass?
A It consists of well-arranged silicate
units.
B It withstands the action of strong
alkalis.
C It softens at a wide range of
temperatures.
D It can be coloured by adding soda
lime.
28. The chlorination of toluene is
shown as
follows.
Which of the following statements
about the
chlorination of toluene is true?
A Substitution reaction occurs.
B The reagent for the reaction is an
electrophile.
C The reaction rate increases in the
presence
of sunlight.
D The reaction rate increases in the
presence
of aluminium chloride catalyst.
29. Which of the following compounds
is the
product obtained when ethene is
oxidised by
oxygen at 300 C using silver catalyst?

C
30. What is the product formed when

reacts with water at room


temperature?

A
31. Which of the following monomers
has the
same empirical formula as its
polymer?
A CH2 = CHCN
B CH2(OH)CH2OH
C HOOC(CH2)5NH2

32. A compound has the following


chemical
properties.
(i) It gives a positive iodoform test.
(ii) It decolourises acidified aqueous
potassium
manganate (VII).
(iii) It reacts with phosphorus
pentachloride
to produce hydrogen chloride gas.
The compound is
A CH3CH2OH C (CH3)3COH
B CH3COCH3 D (CH3CH2)2CHOH
33. The structural formula of a peptide
is as
follows.

Which of the following is true of the


peptide?
A A tripeptide
C Insoluble in
water
B Neutral
D Optically inactive
34. The structural formula of
progesterone, a sex
hormone, is shown as follows.

Which of the following statements is


true of
progesterone?
A It has a planar ring structure.
B It has three chiral carbon atoms.
C It reacts with Fehling solution.
D It reacts with aqueous potassium
manganate
(VII).
35. Which of the following compounds
reacts by
nucleophilic addition?
A CH3CH2OH
C CH3CHO
B CH3CH2Br
D C6H6
36. 2-Chloro-2-methylbutane and 1chlorobutane
are separately reacted with aqueous
potassium hydroxide. The reagent that
can
be used to distinguish the products of
the
reactions is
A Na
B Br2 /CCl4
C concentrated H2SO4
D concentrated HCl /ZnCl2
37. Which of the following pairs of
monomers

could undergo condensation


polymerisation?
A HOCH2CH2OH and H2NCH2CH2NH2
B HOOCCH2CH2COOH and
HOCH2CH2OH
C HOOCCH=CHCOOH and
CH2=CHCH=CH2
D HOOCCH2CH2COOH and
H2NCOCH2CH2CONH2
38. The following reactions involve
free radicals
except

39. Compound Z has the composition


percentage
by mass: carbon, 40.0%; hydrogen,
6.7%;
oxygen, 53.3%. Compound Z also has
a chiral
carbon atom and relative molecular
mass
90.0. Which of the following
statements is
not true of compound Z?
[Relative atomic mass: C = 12.0, H =
1.0, O =
16.0]
A It can be prepared from
propanenitrile.
B It produces effervescence with
aqueous
sodium hydrogen carbonate.
C It produces a yellow precipitate
when
heated with alkaline iodine solution.
D It decolourises acidified potassium
manganate(VII) solution when heated.
40. When C6H5OH, ClC6H4OH and
CH3C6H4OH
react separately with aqueous sodium
hydroxide, basic sodium salt solutions
are

formed. Which of the following groups


of
sodium salt solutions is arranged in
ascending
order of basicity?
A C6H5ONa, CH3C6H4ONa, ClC6H4ONa
B CH3C6H4ONa, C6H5ONa, ClC6H4ONa
C ClC6H4ONa, C6H5ONa, CH3C6H4ONa
D ClC6H4ONa, CH3C6H4ONa, C6H5ONa
2005 STPM Chemistry Papers 1 and 2

45. A solution containing 5.00 g of


substance X
in 100 cm3 of water is shaken with 50
cm3 of
ether. After separation, the aqueous
solution
is found to contain 1.25 g of X. Which
of the
following is/are true?
1 Substance X could be a covalent
compound.
2 The partition coefficient of
substance X
between ether and water is 6.00.
3 After the second extraction using
another
50 cm3 of ether, the aqueous solution
contains 0.313 g of substance X.
D
46. A catalytic converter reduces air
pollution by
1 oxidising lead to lead(II) oxide
2 reducing oxides of nitrogen to
nitrogen and
oxygen
3 oxidising carbon monoxide and
hydrocarbons
to carbon dioxide and water
C
47. The standard reduction potentials
for three
half-cells at 298 K are given as follows.

E /V
FeO4
2 + 8H+ + 3e __ Fe3+ + 4H2O +2.20
MnO4
+ 8H+ + 5e __ Mn2+ + 4H2O +1.52
Ni2+ + 2e __ Ni 0.25

Which of the following statements


is/are true?
1 The higher is the oxidation state of a
species, the stronger is its oxidation
power.
2 The reaction between acidic MnO4
ions and nickel is spontaneous.
3 FeO42 ion is a stronger oxidation
agent
than MnO4 ion.
C
48. The reaction scheme below shows
the effect
of heat on an alkane X under two
different
conditions.

Alkane X may be
1 hexane
2 2-methylpentane
3 2, 3-dimethylbutane

2 29
D
42. Chromium and nickel are used in
the
electroplating industry. Which of the
following statements is/are true of
electroplating?
1 The material to be plated is the
anode.
2 Reduction occurs at the cathode.
3 The electrolyte used contains the
plating
metal ions.
C
43. Which of the following is/are true
of carbon
dioxide and carbon monoxide
molecules?
1 The molecules are polar.
2 Carbon atoms undergo sp
hybridisation.
3 There are and bonds between
the C and
O atoms.
C
44. The information in the table below
is obtained
from an industrial process which
produces R
according to the equation P(g) + Q(g)
__ R(g)

For each of the questions in this


section, one or
41. A sample of nitrogen gas contains
the 14N and
15N isotopes. Which of the following
mass/
charge ratios correspond(s) to the N2
+ species
that can be found in the mass
spectrum of the
nitrogen gas?
1 28 3 30

Which of the following statements


about the
production of R is/are true?
1 It occurs with a decrease in volume.
2 It is an exothermic process.
3 It increases with the addition of
platinum
B
49. The table below shows the
dissociation
constant, Ka, for four organic acids at
25 C.
Which of the following statements
is/are the

conclusion(s) based on the above


data?

1 Chlorine substituted ethanoic acid is


a
stronger acid than ethanoic acid.
2 Cl3CCOOH is expected to be a
stronger
acid than Cl2CHCOOH.

3 ClC6H4COOH is expected to be a
stronger
acid than C6H5COOH.
D
50. Aniline can be prepared by the
reaction(s) of

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